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BULLETIN  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSISSIPPI. 

SUPPLEMENT    TO 
Series  II.  August,  1903,  Number  3. 

(Bulletins  issued  Quarterly.    Application  made  for  entry  as 
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THE  CECIL  RHODES  SCHOLARSHIPS 


No  bequest  for  education  made  in  modern  times 
has  attracted  such  world-wide  attention  as  have  the 
provisions  in  the  testamentary  dispositions  of  the  late 
Right  Honorable  Cecil  John  Rhodes  relating  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  scholarships  in  the  University  of  Oxford, 
for  students  from  the  Colonies  and  the  United 
States  of  North  America.  The  entire  will  of  Mr.  Rhodes 
is  one  of  the  most  extraordinary  testamentary  docu- 
ments ever  placed  upon  record,  and  it  is  a  worthy  pro- 
duct of  the  mind  of  this  most  remarkable  man,  who 
planned  an  empire,  and  makes  bequests  in  a  manner 
worthy  of  an  emperor. 

The  execution  of  the  will,  and  in  fact  the  entire 
management  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  Rhodes,  is  left  in 
charge  of  his  friends,  Lord  Milner,  Lord  Rosebery,  Mr. 


Lewis  Loyd  Michell,  Lord  Grey.  Mr.  Alfred  Beit,  Mr. 
Bourchier  Francis  Hawkslej,  and  Dr.  Leander  Starr 
Jameson,  who  as  trustees  have  the  largest  discretion  in 
carrying-  out  the  general  purpose  of  the  testator. 

Impressive  as  are  the  magnificent  donations  made 
to  other  public  interests,  the  provisions  relating  to  the 
scholarships  are  of  the  largest  interest,  not  only  to  the 
individuals  who  may  be  concerned  with  them,  but  to  the 
institutions  of  learning  and  to  the  several  countries 
which  are  interested.  Following  is  the  literal  text  of 
the  provisions  relating  to  these  scholarships,  as  stated 
in  the  will  of  Mr.  Rhodes  and  the  codicils  : 

"Whereas  I  consider  that  the  education  of  young 
Colonists  at  one  of  the  Universities  in  the  United  King- 
dom is  of  great  advantage  to  them  for  giving  breadth 
to  their  views  for  their  instruction  in  life  and  manners 
and  for  instilling  into  their  minds  the  advantage  to  the 
Colonies  as  well  as  to  the  United  Kingdom  of  the  reten- 
tion of  the  unity  of  the  Empire  And  whereas  in  the 
case  of  young  Colonists  studying  at  a  University  in  the 
United  Kingdom  I  attach  very  great  importance  to  the 
University  having  a  residential  system  such  as  is  in 
force  at  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  for 
without  it  those  students  are  at  the  most  critical  period 
of  their  lives  left  without  any  supervision  And  whereas 
there  are  at  the  present  time  SO  or  more  students  from 
South  Africa  studying  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh 
many  of  whom  are  attracted  there  by  its  excellent  med- 


ical  school  and  I  should  like  to  establish  some  of  the 
Scholarships  hereinafter  mentioned  in  that  University 
but  owing"  to  its  not  having-  such  a  residential  system  as 
aforesaid  I  feel  obliged  to  refrain  from  doing-  so  And 
Whereas  my  own  University  the  University  of  Oxford 
has  such  a  system  and  I  sug-gest  that  it  should  try  and 
extend  its  scope  so  as  if  poss'ble  to  make  its  medical 
school  at  least  as  g-ood  as  that  at  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh And  whereas  I  also  desire  to  encourage  and 
foster  an  appreciation  of  the  advantages  which  I  implic- 
itly believe  will  result  from  the  union  of  the  English- 
speaking  peoples  throughout  the  world  and  to  encourage 
in  the  students  from  the  United  States  of  North  Ameri- 
ca who  will  benefit  from  the  American  Scholarships  to 
be  established  for  the  reason  above  given  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Oxford  under  this  my  Will  an  attachment  to 
the  country  from  which  they  have  sprung  but  without 
I  hope  withdrawing  them  or  their  sympathies  from  the 
land  of  their  adoption  or  birth  Now  therefore  I  direct 
my  Trustees  as  soon  as  may  be  after  my  death  and 
either  simultaneously  or  gradually  as  they  shall  find 
convenient  and  if  gradually  then  in  such  order  as  they 
shali  think  fit  to  establish  for  male  students  the  scholar- 
ships hereinafter  directed  to  be  established  each  of 
which  snail  be  of  yearly  value  of  £300  and  be  tenable  at 
any  College  in  the  University  of  Oxford  for  three  con- 
secutive academical  years. 

"I  direct  my  Trustees  to  establish  certain  Scholar- 
ships and  these  Scholarships  I  sometimes  hereinafter 
refer  to  as  'the  Colonial  Scholarships.' 


"The  appropriation  of  the  Colonial  Scholarships  and 
the  numbers  to  be  annually  filled  up  shall   be  in  accor- 


dance with  the  following  table:- 


Total 
No.  ap- 
propri- 
ated. 


To  be  tenable  by  Students  of  or  from 


Rhodesia 

The  South  African  College  School  in  the 
Colony  of  Cape  of  Good  Hope 

The  Stellenbosch  College  School  in  the 
same  Colony 

The  Diocesan  College  School  of  Ronde- 
bosch  in  the  same  Colony 

St.  Andrews  College  School  Grahams- 
town  in  the  same  Colony 

The  Colony  of  Natal 

The  Colony  of  New  South  Wales 

The  Colony  of  Victoria 

The  Colony  of  South  Australia 

The  Colony  of  Queensland.  ...    

The  Colony  of  Western  Australia 

The  Colony  of  Tasmania 

The  Colony  of  New  Zealand 

The  Province  of  Ontario  in  the  Domin- 
ion of  Canada 

The  Province  of  Quebec  in  the  Domin- 
ion of  Canada 

The  Colony  or  Island  of  Newfoundland 
and  its  Dependencies 

The  Colony  or  Islands  of  the  Bermudas. 

The  Colony  or  Island  of  Jamaica. ...... 


No.  of 

Scholar- 

sh 

ips  to  be  filled 

each 

year. 

3 

and 

no  more 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

•^nd 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1 

and 

no  more. 

1  and  no  more. 

1  and  no  more. 

1  and  no  more. 
1  and  no  more. 
1  and  no  more. 


"I  further  direct  my  Trustees  to  establish  addi- 
tional Scholarships  sufficient  in  number  for  the  appro- 
priation in  the  next  following-  clause  hereof  directed 
and  those  Scholarships  I  sometimes  hereinafter  refer 
to  as  'the  American  Scholarships.' 


"I  appropriate  two  of  the  American  Scholarships 
to  each  'of  the  present  States  and  Territories  of  the 
United  States  of  North  America  Provided  that  if  an}' 
of  the  said  Territories  shall  in  my  lifetime  be  admitted 
as  a  State  the  Scholarships  appropriated  to  such  Terri- 
tory shall  be  appropriated  to  such  State  and  that  my 
Trustees  ma}'  in  their  uncontrolled  discretion  withold 
for  such  time  as  they  shall  think:  fit  the  appropriation 
of  Scholarships  to  an}'  Territory. 

"I  direct  that  of  the  two  Scholarships  appropriated 
to  a  State  or  Territory  not  more  than  one  shall  be  filled 
up  in  any  year  so  that  at  no  time  shall  more  than  two 
Scholarships  be  held  fo»*  the  same  State  or  Territory. 

"The  Scholarships  shall  be  paid  only  out  of  income 
and  in  the  event  at  any  time  of  income  being-  insuffi- 
cient for  payment  in  full  of  all  the  Scholarships  for  the 
time  being-  payable  I  direct  that  (without  prejudice  to 
the  vested  interests  of  holders  for  the  time  being  of 
Scholarships)  the  following-  order  of  priority  shall  reg-- 
ulate  the  payment  of  Scholarships. 

"(i)  First  the  Scholarships  of  Students  of  or  from 
Rhodesia  shall  be  paid. 

"(ii)  Secondly  the  Scholarships  of  students  from 
the  said  South  African  Stellenbosch  Rondebosch  and 
St.  Andrews  Schools  shall  be  paid. 

"(iii)  Thirdly  the  remainder  of  the  Colonial  Schol- 
arships shall  be  paid  and  if  there  shall  not  be  sufficient 
income  for  the  purpose  such  Scholarships  shall  abate 
proportionately  ;  and 

"(iv)  Fourthly  the  American  Scholarships  shall  be 


paid  and  if  there  shall  not  be  sufficient  income   for   the 
purpose  suet  Sholarships  shall  abate  proportionately. 

"My  desire  being  that  the  students  who  shall  be 
elected  to  the  Scholarships  shall  not  be  merely  book- 
worms I  direct  that  in  the  election  of  a  student  to  a 
Scholarship  regard  shall  be  had  to  (i)  his  literary  and 
scholastic  attainments  (ii)  his  fondness  of  and  success 
in  manly  outdoor  sports  such  as  cricket  football  and 
the  like  (iii)  his  qualities  of  manhood  truth  courage 
devotion  to  duty  sympathy  for  the  protection  of  the 
weak  kindliness  unselfishness  and  fellowship  and  (iv) 
his  exhibition  during"  school  days  of  moral  force  of 
character  and  of  instincts  to  lead  and  to  take  an  inter- 
est in  his  schoolmates  for  those  latter  attributes  will  be 
likely  in  afterlife  to  guide  him  to  esteem  the  perfor- 
mance of  public  duties  as  his  highest  aim  As  mere 
suggestions  for  the  guidance  of  those  who  will  have 
the  choice  of  students  for  the  Scholarships  I  record 
that  (i)  my  ideal  qualified  student  would  combine  these 
four  qualifications  in  the  proportions  of  3-10ths  for  the 
first  2-10ths  for  the  second  3-10ths  for  the  third  and 
2-10ths  for  the  fourth  qualification  so  that  according  to 
my  ideas  if  the  maximum  number  of  marks  for  any 
Scholarship  were  200  they  would  be  apportioned  as  fol- 
lows— 60  to  each  of  the  first  and  third  qualifications  and 
40  to  each  of  the  second  and  fourth  qualifications  (ii) 
the  marks  for  the  several  qualifications  would  be 
awarded  independently  as  follows  (that  is  to  say)  the 
marks  for  the  first  qualification  by  examination  for  the 
second  and  third  qualifications  respectively  by  ballot  by 
the  fellow-students  of  the  candidates  and  for  the  fourth 


qualification  by  the  head  master  of  the  candidate's 
school  and  (iii)  the  results  of  the  awards  (that  is  to  say 
the  marks  obtained  by  each  candidate  for  each  qualifi- 
cation) would  be  sent  as  soon  as  possible  for  considera- 
tion to  the  Trustees  or  to  some  person  or  persons  ap- 
pointed to  receive  the  same  and  the  person  or  persons 
so  appointed  would  ascertain  by  averaging-  the  marks 
in  blocks  of  20  marks  each  of  all  candidates  the  best 
ideal  qualified  students. 

"No  student  shall  be  qualified  or  disqualified  for 
election  to  a  Scholarship  on  account  of  his  race  or  re- 
ligious opinions. 

"Except  in  the  cases  of  the  four  schools  hereinbefore 
mentioned  the  election  to  Scholarships  shall  be  by  the 
Trustees  after  such  (if  any)  consultation  as  they  shall 
think  fit  with  the  Minister  having  the  control  of  educa- 
tion in  such  Colony  Province  State  or  Territory. 

"A  qualified  student  who  has  been  elected  as  afore- 
said shall  within  six  calendar  months  after  his  election 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  he  can  be  admitted  into  resi- 
dence or  within  such  extended  time  as  my  Trustees 
shall  allow  commence  residence  as  an  undergraduate  at 
some  college  in  the  University  of  Oxford. 

"The  Scholarships  shall  be  payable  to  him  from  the 
time  when  he  shall  commence  such  residence. 

"28.  I  desire  that  the  Scholars  holding  the  schol- 
arships shall  be  distributed  amongst  the  Colleges  of 
the  University  of  Oxford  and  not  resort  in  undue  num- 
bers to  one  or  more  Colleges  only. 

"29.  Nothwithstanding  anything  hereinbefore  con- 
tained my  Trustees  may   in  their  uncontrolled  discre- 


tion  suspend  for  such  time  as  they  shall  think  fit  or 
remove  any  Scholar  from  his  scholarship. 

"30.  My  Trustees  may  from  time  to  time  make 
vary  and  repeal  regulations  either  general  or  affecting 
specified  Scholarships  only  with  regard  to  all  or  any 
of  the  following  matters  that  is  to  say: 

"(i)  The  election  whether  after  examination  or 
otherwise  of  qualified  Students  to  the  Scholarships  or 
any  of  them  and  the  method  whether  by  examination  or 
otherwise  in  which  their  qualifications  are  to  be  ascer- 
tained. 

"(ii)  The  tenure  of  the  Scholarships  by  scholars. 

u(iii)  The  suspension  and  removal  of  scholars  from 
their  Scholarships. 

u(iv)  The  method  and  times  of  payment  of  the 
Scholarships. 

"(v)  The  method  of  giving  effect  to  my  wish  ex- 
pressed in  clause  28  hereof  and 

"(vi)  Any  and  every  other  matter  with  regard  to 
the  Scholarships  or  any  of  them  with  regard  to  which 
they  shall  consider  regulations  necessary  or  desirable. 

"31.  My  Trustees  may  from  time  to  time  authorize 
regulations  with  regard  to  the  election  whether  after 
examination  or  otherwise  of  qualified  students  for 
Scholarships  and  to  the  method  whether  by  examina- 
tion or  otherwise  in  which  their  qualifications  are  to  be 
ascertained  to  be  made — 

"(i)  By  a  school  in  respect  of  the  Scholarships 
tenable  by  its  students  and — 

"(ii)     By  the  Minister  aforesaid  of  a  Colony  Prov- 


ince  State  or  Territory  in  respect  of  the  Scholarships 
tenable  by  students  from  such  Colony  Province  State  or 
Territory. 

"32.  Regulations  made  under  the  last  preceding- 
clause  hereof  if  and  when  approved  of  and  not  before 
by  my  Trustees  shall  be  equivalent  in  all  respects  to 
reg-ulations  made  by  my  Trustees. 

"No  reg-ulations  made  under  clause  30  or  made  and 
approved  of  under  clauses  31  and  32  hereof  shall  be  in- 
consistent with  any  of  the  provisions  herein  contained. 

"In  order  that  the  scholars  past  and  present  may 
have  opportunities  of  meeting  and  discussing  their  ex- 
periences and  prospects  I  desire  that  my  Trustees  shall 
annually  give  a  dinner  to  the  past  and  present  scholars 
able  and  willing-  to  attend  at  which  I  hope  my  Trustees 
or  some  of  them  will  be  able  to  be  present  and  to  which 
they  will  I  hope  from  time  to  time  invite  as  g-uests  per- 
sons who  hav^  shown  sympathy  with  the  views  express- 
ed by  me  in  this  my  Will." 

In  accomplishing-  the  purpose  of  Mr.  Rhodes  the 
Trustees  very  wisely  decided  to  have  made  a  careful 
investigation  of  the  the  educational  conditions  existing- 
in  the  several  states  provinces  and  countries  in  which 
scholars  are  to  be  appointed.  They  selected 
for  their  agent  Dr.  George  R.  Parkin,  Presi- 
dent of  Upper  Canada  Colleg-e,  Toronto,  whose  larg-e 
experience  in  educational  matters  and  whose  wide 
knowledge  of  men  and  affairs  give  him  a  peculiar  fit- 
ness for  this  work.     Dr.  Parkin  has  devoted  more  than 


twelve  months  to  a  careful  study  of  the  matter  in  all  of 
its  phases  in  all  countries  interested.  In  the  fall  of 
1902  he  spent  several  months  in  Oxford,  studying-  the 
conditions  in  the  several  colleges  of  the  University  and 
making  arrangement  with  the  authorities  for  the  ad- 
mission of  as  many  scholars  as  each  college  might  be 
able  to  receive.  The  conservatism  with  which  en- 
trance to  the  colleges  has  so  long  been  guarded  was 
fully  satisfied  by  Dr.  Parkin's  good  judgment  and  know- 
ledge of  conditions  there  and  elsewhere,  and  he  suc- 
ceeded in  making  such  arrangements  as  will  enable  the 
scholars  who  may  be  appointed  to  undertake  their 
work  in  one  or  other  of  the  colleges  included  in  the 
University  of  Oxford.  In  December  last  Dr.  Parkin  re- 
turned to  America  and  conferred  with  leaders  of 
education  in  all  sections  of  the  Union.  In  January  he 
met  by  invitation  with  the  National  Association  of 
State  Universities,  in  Washington,  when  he  made  ar- 
rangements to  confer  with  the  representatives  of  the 
leading  colleges  in  different  parts  of  the  country  in 
groups.  He  met  representatives  from  the  Southern 
States  east  of  the  Mississippi  in  Atlanta  in  February, 
1903.  The  purpose  in  these  meetings  was  to  formulate 
istich  modes  of  procedure  in  the  selection  of  scholars  as 
would  best  meet  the  educational  conditions  in  different 
parts  of  the  United  States. 

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Following-  the  report  made  by  Dr.  Parkin  to  the 
Trustees  of  the  Cecil  Rhodes  bequest  there  was  issued 
by  them  a  Memorandum  for  the  information  of  persons  in 
the  United  States  who  may  be  interested  in  the  appoint- 
ment of  scholars,  a  copy  of  which  memorandum  is  here 
shown. 


MEMORANDUM. 


The  Rhodes  Scholarships  in  the 
United   States. 


THE  Trustees  of  the  Will  of  the  late  Mr.  C.  J.  Khodes 
.   have  prepared  the  following  Memorandum  for  the 
information  of  College  Authorities  and  intending  can- 
didates for  scholarships  in  the  United  States  :— 

The  first  election  of  scholars  in  the  United  States 
under  the  Rhodes  bequest  will  be  made  between  Febru- 
ary and  May,  1904.  The  elected  scholars  will  commence 
residence  in  October,  1904. 

A  qualifying  examination  will  be  held  within  this 
period  in  each  state  and  territory,  or  at  centres  which 

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can  be  easily  readied.  Thin  examination  is  not  com- 
petitive, but  is  intended  to  give  assurance  thai  all 
candidates  are  fully  qualified  to  enter  on  a  course  of 
study  at  Oxford  University. 

It  will  therefore  be  based  on  the  requirements  for 
Responsions— the  first  public  examination  exacted  by 
the  university  from  each  candidate  for  a  degree. 

The  Rhodes  scholars  will  be  selected  from  candidates 
who  have  successfully  passed  this  examination.  One 
scholar  will  be  chosen  for  each  state  and  territory  to 
which  scholarships  are  assigned. 

The  requirements  of  the  Responsions  examination, 
as  stated  in  the  Statutes  of  the  University  of  Oxford, 
are  as  follows  :— 

Candidates  must  offer  the  following-  : — 

(1)  Arithmetic — the  whole.' 

(2)  Either  Algebra. 

Addition,  Subtraction,  Multiplication,  Division,  Greatest 
Common  Measure,  Least  Common  Multiple,  Fractions,  Extrac- 
tion of  Square  Root,  Simple  Equations  containing  one  or  two 
unknown  quantities,  and  problems  producing  such  equations. 

Or  Geometry. 

Euclid's  Elements,  Books  I,  II. 2  Euclid's  axioms  will  be 
required,    and   no    proof    of    any    proposition    will    be    admitted 

'Candidates  are  expected  to  be  able  to  do  correctly  sums  in 
Vulgar  and  Decimal  Fractions,  Practice.  Proportion  and  its  ap- 
plications, Interest  (Simple  and  Compound),  Square  Measure  and 
Square  Root. 

aCandidates  should  be  careful  to  answer  questions  in  both 
books. 

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which  assumes  the  proof  of    anything-  not   proved   in   preceeding 
propositions  of  Euclid, 

(3)  Greek  and  Latin  Grammar. 

(4)  Translation  from  English  into  Latin  Prose. 

(5)  Greek  and  Latin  Authors. 

Candidates  must  offer  two  books,  one  Greek  and  one  Latin,  or 
Unseen  Translation.  The  following  portions  of  the  under-men- 
tioned authors  will  be  accepted  : — 

Demosthenes  :  (1)    Philippics   1-3,  and   Olynthiacs    1-3,  or 

(2)  De  Corona. 
Euripides,  any  two  of  the  following  plays  :  Hecuba,  Medea, 

Alcestis,  Bacchae. 
Homer  (1)  Iliad  1-5,  or  2-6  ;  or  (2)  Odyssey  1-5,  or  2-6. 
Plato,  Apology  and  Criio. 
Sophocles,  Antigone  and  Ajax. 
Xenophon,  Anabasis  1-4,  or  2-5. 
Caesar,  De  Bello  Gallico  1-4. 
Cicero  :  (1)  the  first  two  Philippic  Orations  ;  or  (2)  the  four 

Catiline  Orations,  and  In  Verrem,  Act  I  ;  or  (3)  the 

Orations  Pro  Murena  and  Pro  Lege  Manilia  ;  or  (4) 

the  treatises  De  Senectute  and  De  Amicitia. 
Horace  :  (1)  Odes  1-4  ;  or  (2)  Satires  ;  or  (3)  Epistles. 
Livy,  Books  21  and  22.     (After  Michaelmas,   1903,  Books  V. 

and  VI.) 
Virgil  :  (1)  the  Bucolics,  with   Books  1-3  of  the  Aeneid;  or 

(2)  the  Georgics  ;  or  (3)  the  Aeneid,  Books  ]-5,  or  2-6. 

Papers  covering  this  range  of  study  will  be  prepar- 
ed by  examiners  appointed  by  the  Trustees,  and  will  be 
sent  to  each  centre,  where,  at  a  date  publicly  announced 
the  examination  will  be  held  under  proper  supervision, 
and  the  papers  returned  to  the  examiners. 


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A  list  of  those  who  have  successfully  passed  this  test 
will  as  soon  as  possible  be  furnished  to  the  chairman  of 
the  committee  of  selection  in  each  state  or  province,  or 
to  the  university  making  the  appointment,  and  from 
this  list  the  committee  or  university  will  proceed  to 
elect -the  scholars. 

The  committees  and  the  universities  making  ap- 
pointments will  be  furnished  with  a  statement  of  the 
qualifications  which  Mr.  Rhodes  desired  in  the  holders 
of  his  scholarships,  and  the>  will  be  asked  in  exercising 
their  right  of  selection  to  comply  as  nearly  as  circum- 
stances will  permit  with  the  spirit  of  the  testator's 
wishes. 

They  will  also  be  asked  to  furnish  to  the  Trustees 
as  full  a  statement  as  possible  of  the  school  and  col- 
lege career  of  each  elected  scholar,  with  the  special 
grounds  of  his  appointment,  together  with  suggestions, 
if  desired,  as  to  the  course  of  study  for  which  he  is  best 
fitted. 

It  has  been  decided  that  all  scholars  shall  have 
reached  at  least  the  end  of  their  Sophomore  or  second 
year  work  at  some  recognised  degree-granting  univer- 
sity or  college  of  the  United  States. 

Scholars  must  be  unmarried,  must  be  citizens  of 
the  United  States,  and  must  be  between  nineteen  and 
twenty-five  years  of  age. 

Where  several  candidates  present  themselves  from 
a  single  college  or  university,  the  committees  of  selec- 

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tion  will  request  the  Faculty  of  the  college  to  decide 
between  their  claims  on  the  basis  of  Mr.  Rhodes'  sug- 
gestions, and  present  to  the  committee  the  name  of 
the  candidate  chosen  by  that  college  as  its  representa- 
tive in  the  final  election. 

Candidates  may  elect  whether  they  will  apply  for 
the  scholarship  of  the  state  in  which  they  have  ac- 
quired the  above-mentioned  eiucational  qualification, 
or  for  that  of  the  state  in  which  they  have  their  ordi- 
nary private  domicile,  home  or  residence.  They  must 
be  prepared  to  present  themselves  for  examination  in 
the  state  they  select.  No  candidate  may  compete  in 
more  than  one  state. 

Candidates  for  scholarships  should,  during  the 
month  of  January,  1904,  notify  the  chairman  of  the 
committee  of  selection  in  the  state  or  territory  for 
which  they  apply,  or  the  head  of  the  university  ap- 
pointing to  the  scholarship,  of  their  intention  to  pre- 
sent themselves  for  examination.  The  decision  of  the 
committee  of  selection  or  of  the  university  making  ap- 
pointment shall  be  final  as  regards  eligibility.  A  iist 
of  the  chairmen  of  state  committees  is  appended,  and 
of  the  universities  which  make  appointments. 

ixny  inquiries  about  Oxford,  its  colleges  and  the 
courses  of  study  there,  should  be  addressed  to  F.  J. 
Wylie,  Esq.,  the  Oxford  agent  of  the  Rhodes  Trustees. 
The  presidents  of  American  colleges  are  requested  to 
send  to  Mr.  Wylie,  for  the  information  of  the  Trustees, 

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copies  ui  their  annual  calendar,  and  such  other  college 
literature  a«  they  may  think  useful. 

Copies  of  Oxford  Responsion  papers  tor  past  year* 
can  be  obtained  from  the  Oxford  Univernity  Press,  91 
and  95,  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York.  The  Students' 
Handbook  of  Oxford  can  be  ordered  at  the  same  ad- 
dress. It  gives  full  information  about  the  examinations 
of  the  university,  subject  to  changes  made  since  the  last 
edition  was  issued. 

"Oxford  As  It  Is,"  a  small  pamphlet  prepared  by 
Mr.  Louis  Dyer,  of  Harvard  and  Balliol  Colleges,  for 
the  use  of  American  candidates,  gives  ail  essential  in- 
formation in  a  condensed  form.  It  can  be  ordered  from 
Macmillan.  &  Co.,  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 

"Oxford  and  its  Colleges,"  written  by  Mr.  J.  \Vells, 
of  Wadham  College,  and  "Oxford  and  Oxford  Life," 
edited  by  the  same  gentleman,  may  be  recommended 
for  those  who  wish  to  gain  fuller  information  about 
the  university  and  its  colleges. 

The  president  of  the  state  university  or  college  is 
in  each  of  the  following  states  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee of  selection  for  that  state — Alabama,  Arizona, 
Arkansas,  California,  Colorado,  Florida,  Georgia, 
Idaho,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Kansas,  Louisiana,  Michigan, 
Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Missouri,  Montana,  Nebraska, 
Nevada,  New  Mexico,  North  Carolina,  Noith  Dakota, 
Ohio, Oklahoma,  Oregon,  Pennsylvania,  South  Carolina, 


South  Dakota,  Tennessee,  Texas,  Utah,  Virginia,   West 
Virginia,  Wisconsin,  Wyoming. 

The  following  chairmen  have  been  named  for  other 
states:— 

Connecticut— President  Arthur  T.  Hadley,  LL.  D«,  Yale 
University. 

Illinois.— President  W.  R.  Harper,  Ph.D.,  D.  D,,  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago. 

Kentucky.— President  D.  B.  Gray,  D.D.,  Georgetown  Col- 
lege. 

Maryland, — President   Ira    Remsen,  LL.D.,    Johns    Hop- 
kins University. 

Massachusetts. — President     Charles     W.     Eliot,     LL.D., 
Harvard  University. 

New  Hampshire. — President  Wm.    J.    Tucker,    D.D.,    Dart- 
mouth College. 

New  Jersey. — President  Woodrow  Wilson,  LL.D.,  Princeton 
University. 

New  York  State. — President   Nicholas  Murray  Butler, 
LL.D.,  Columbia  University. 

Rhode  Island.— President  W.  H.  P.  Faunce,    D.D..  Brown 
University. 

In  the  following  states  appointments  will  be  made 
by  the  chartered  colleges  and  universities,  in  rota- 
tion :— 

California, — University  of  California. 

Leland  Stanford  University. 
Smaller  colleges  every  seventh  year. 

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Maine. — (The  order  of  rotation  yet  to  be  fixed.) 
Vermont. — University  of  Vermont. 
Middlebury  College. 

Washington. —  (The  order  of  rotation  yet  to  be  fixed.) 

London, 

June,  1903. 

This  Memorandum  is  published  with  the  consent  of 
Dr.  Parkin  in  order  that  wide  publicity  may  be  given  to 
the  mode  of  procedure  in  the  selection  of  scholars. 
The  names  of  the  members  of  the  committees  who 
will  supervise  examinations  and  make  appointments 
in  the  several  states  and  districts  may  be  learned  bv 
applying  to  the  chairmen  above  indicated.  Dr.  Parkin 
expects  to  return  to  America  early  in  1904  to  com- 
plete arrangements  for  the  first  election  of  scholars, 
which  will  be  based  upon  examinations  to  be  held 
between  February  and  May,  1904. 
Very  respectfully, 

Robert  B.  Fulton. 

Chancellor's  Office, 

University  of  Mississippi, 

Oct.  20,  1903. 


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